Par #

Unknown Words

Translations

Synonyms/Explanations

p. 20. par 1
lug nuts

round metal pieces screwed on bolts to keep the tires on

crowbar

a metal tool with a flat edge used to open or lift things

matted

twisted together and messed up
p. 20, par 2
"that look"

a mad or upset look
p. 20, par 3
drove

drive (past tense)

"dirty work"

hard work
p. 20, par 4.
road

street

Mission

a city in Texas

"never occurred to me"

I didn't think to

"Geez"

wow
p. 21, par 1
La Jolla

a place in Texas

notice

see
p, 21, par 2
barrio

Spanish for neighborhood

"A taste of his own medicine"

an idiom meaning to feel the same as he makes others feel
p, 21, par 3
centuries

hundreds of years

vinyl

a plastic material

supper

dinner
p. 22, par 4
a bit

a little
p. 23, par 2
barbecue

cooking outside on hot coals

nuts

metal pieces

jack

tool used to lift a car

crowbar

a metal tool with a flat edge used to open or lift things

bed of his truck

the outside back part of the truck

vatos

Spanish slang for guys
p. 23, questions
refuse

to say no

analyze

to break a subject into parts to study

recall

remember

interpret

understand

confirm

to check if you are right